froggy
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 posted on 13/2/09 at 05:47 PM |
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friday 13th disaster
i havent used my kitten for a couple of months and its going up to highpower nitrous systems on monday to set up my new nitrous controller so i
thought i would give it the once over . checked the water and it seemed a bit low so i started topping it up ,it took over a gallon and i thought that
cant be right ? the last time it was run was on the dyno and did several power runs without getting hot . the car has two seperate sets of clocks and
neither have gone over 80c even on a track day .so i decided to fire them up and the crankcases are full of water on both engines the only place oil
and water could mix is through the water pump or head and base gaskets so it looks like ive blown both engines unless both water pumps have failed at
the same time . the cooling syatems are linked and run to a uprated micra rad,ive monitored al the engine temps and they have always been constant on
both engines. i should have left well alone
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Hellfire
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| posted on 13/2/09 at 06:00 PM |
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Gutted for you But looking on the bright side, it's better you found out now than on Monday.
Phil
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Howlor
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| posted on 13/2/09 at 06:03 PM |
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It does seem odd that both have gone at the same time though. I can't think of any other area that the water could ingress.
Hopefully someone might come up with an idea.
Steve
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froggy
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| posted on 13/2/09 at 06:13 PM |
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i just cant understand how both engines would go at the same time ,luckily i have three spare engines so i can sort it but its a worry if there is
an issue with the cooling system but ive gone over it with a laser thermometer and the temps are always constant throughout the system.
on a lighter note my business partner blew his m3 up after a track day at oulton park on saturday and it was still under warranty ,so he phones the
trader to discuss the matter and the trader calls back an hour later saying i dont have to honour the warranty as you have been on a track day in the
car.
how the flip does he know that we think and then he sends some pictures through clear as day of me and him in the car round oulton
makes me feel a bit better about blowing mine up
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Hellfire
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| posted on 13/2/09 at 06:16 PM |
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Ouch.....  Was the registration plate visible?
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Meeerrrk
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| posted on 13/2/09 at 06:30 PM |
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if your car is under warrenty, cover up plates, remove tax disc and cover up VIN number which is visable through windscreen!!!
For Sale : 2008 Aries/Stuart Taylor Motorsport Locoblade (954 Blade)
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ashg
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| posted on 13/2/09 at 06:49 PM |
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if there is no water in the system then the temp sender is not submersed in water meaning no temp reading!!
oil temp and block temp could have been off the roof but without water or oil and block senders you wouldnt know.
hopefully you have just warped something and nothing is cracked.
Anything With Tits or Wheels Will cost you MONEY!!
Haynes Roadster (Finished)
Exocet (Finished & Sold)
New Project (Started)
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froggy
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| posted on 13/2/09 at 07:21 PM |
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temp sender is in the rad on the tl and i moved them to take a reading from the top hose just as it comes out of the engine and both were reading
fine last time it was used . i will look at both water pumps when i get the engines out as i doubt it is an issue with the engines and given the ease
that it filled the crankcases it must be the pump as i ran both engines while filling the system up today and got no pressure coming back up to the
rad to indicate a head gasket problem
hellfire there are lovely pics of the reg plate .we googled the event and got pictures of the car from a few different sources ,someone told me that
people go and photo cars on trackdays and sell the info to insurance companies. i did spot a few cars that had taken there plates off on the day ,for
good reason it turns out
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froggy
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| posted on 13/2/09 at 10:19 PM |
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i may have caused this myself as im not sure if ive put much antifreeze in and there are core plugs in the head and that would explain why both
engines are letting water into the oil
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tks
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| posted on 14/2/09 at 12:25 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by froggy
i may have caused this myself as im not sure if ive put much antifreeze in and there are core plugs in the head and that would explain why both
engines are letting water into the oil
that where my thoughts but i thought nahhh that one is noob....
The above comments are always meant to be from the above persons perspective.
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froggy
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| posted on 14/2/09 at 02:52 PM |
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its all coming back now i had a hose pop off last summer and must have filled it with water and not topped up the antifreeze .two core plugs have
popped out ,one on each engine so apart from a big mess to clear up no harm done
i should know better being a mechanic but hey ho !!!
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